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Webster 1913 Edition


Bewailing

Be-wail′ing

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Adj.
Wailing over; lamenting.
Be-wail′ing-ly
,
adv.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bewailing

BEWA'ILING

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ppr.
Lamenting; bemoaning; expressing grief for.

BEWA'ILING

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Noun.
Lamentation.

Definition 2024


bewailing

bewailing

English

Verb

bewailing

  1. present participle of bewail

Noun

bewailing (plural bewailings)

  1. The act of one who bewails something.
    • 1867, Annie Thomas, Called to Account
      No suggestions, no words, no bewailings could improve it. Still it was very human to make suggestions, and utter words, and make piteous bewailings over and over again.